From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Request to exchange a faulty Cambridge Dial Thermometer which is reading low because the bulb does not fit correctly in the chamber.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\4\ img170 | |
| Date | 1st June 1935 | |
| Copy from EJJ/JV. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. WST Order No.808. Y6003 EJJ/JV6/JO12. 6. 35. Re Thermometer for Mr.West, Electrical Exp. Dept. Please return to Messrs.The Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd.,:- 1 - Cambridge Dial Thermometer, to be exchanged for a Thermometer which has an end from the shoulder, 4 1/2" long. The Chamber in which we are fitting this thermometer has a thick case, and we find that the thermometer is reading low, as the whole of the bulb is not inside the chamber. The Thermometer should be collected from this department, and the new one should be delivered to Mr.West, Electrical Experimental Department. EJJ/JV. | ||